Rossetti Poems

Soeur Louise de la miserecorde

Soeur Louise de la miserecorde

• Themes of death, desire and nature

• Four Cinqtains

• 2 rhyming couplets

• Also symbolic of how she never had kids

• Nora's fear of dissapointing Torvald

No thank you John

• John is any man

• Female rejection

• Nora and Dr. Rank/ Nora and Torvald

• Feminist themes

Goblin Market

• Sisterhood- Nora and Mrs Linde

• Men and their corruption

• Curiosity and freedom - Nora leaving her family

• Challenges the fallen women archetype

Maude Clare

• 1 rhyming couplet per stanza - One woman can have Thomas

• Loss of purity represented by lillies and fallen leaves

• Nora and the sacrifice of male relationships

Winter my secret

• Setset

• Stanza 1: 3 rhyming couplets- secret impenetrable

• Last stanza, uneven rhyming. Makes it playful

• Nora and her secret

Remember

• Example of true love, loss and memory

• Juxtaposes Nora and her farce of a relationship with Torvald

• Repetition of remember serves as a symbol of a fading memory

From the Antique

• The burden of women/ a need to escape

• Mirrors Noras life

• Broad commentary on the societal expectations of women

Echo

• Opposes Ibsens realism

• Focuses on the longing/ desire to have love+ connection

• Similar to Nora and her longing for a perfect relationship

A Birthday

• Themes of freedom and joy (Birds)

• Celebration of love and nature, expressing the joy and beauty of being in love.

• Opposes Ibsen with it’s imagery of nature

In the Round Tower at Jhansi

• Love and death/ sacrifice are intertwined

• Rosseetti setting aside religious beliefs for the strength of love

• Juxtaposes Torvalds reaction+ his so called love